PowerPoint Resources

• Bio-Medical Library Classes
  
  
  Free to U of M students, staff and faculty. We offer a variety of instructional classes on topics such as navigating library resources, database search techniques, and PowerPoint presentations.

• Bio-Medical Library Guide: Basics
  
  
  Handout for the Bio-Medical Library class, PowerPoint: The Basics.

• Bio-Medical Library Guide: Beyond the Basics
  
  
  Handout for the Bio-Medical Library’s Class, PowerPoint: Beyond the Basics.

• Bio-Medical Library Guide: PowerPoint Posters
  
  
  Links to a basic document about using PowerPoint to create posters.

• Books

• Communicating in the Health and Social Sciences
  
  
  Includes a chapter about PowerPoint presentations as well as a chapter on presenting at meetings.
  • Location(s): TC Bio-Medical Library WZ345 C7343 2005 Regular Loan • Check MNCAT Record for Location and Availability

• Perfect Medical Presentations: Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations for the Healthcare Professional
  
  
  PowerPoint information tailored for healthcare professionals. Chapters include topics such as digital images, adding images and video, clinical photography and scanning, designing posters, interactive teaching, and more. A CD is included with the book.
  • Location(s): TC Bio-Medical Library W18.2 I725p 2004 Regular Loan • Check MNCAT Record for Location and Availability

• PowerPoint 2003 for Dummies
  
  
  • Location(s): TC Wilson Library T385 .L6926 2003 Regular Loan • Check MNCAT Record for Location and Availability

• Campus Resources
  
  
  There are several class offerings on the Twin Cities campus that can help you learn more about using PowerPoint.

• Active Learning with PowerPoint
  
  
  This online and in-person class from the Center for Teaching and Learning provides information about using PowerPoint in the classroom. It includes information about active learning strategies, handouts, assessment, and using PowerPoint to create games.

• Bio-Medical Library--in library use
  
  
  PowerPoint is available for patron use on workstations in the Bio-Medical Library.

• PowerPoint Presentations in WebCT
  
  
  Information about making PowerPoint presentations available in a WebCT Vista course site.

• PowerPoint to Flash Converter
  
  
  Information about converting PowerPoint presentations to Flash.

• U of M Images Library: Marks
  
  
  This section of the U of M Images Library includes PowerPoint templates. Users need to register for access before being able to download photos, marks, or templates.

• University Technology Training Center
  
  
  UTTC is part of Academic and Distributed Computing Services. They offer classes and tutorials for PowerPoint.

• Microsoft Assistance Center
  
  
  PowerPoint 2003 help from Microsoft, covering basic and more advanced information.

• Online Tutorials
  
  
  Online tutorials abound for PowerPoint. You might try looking on the Web for tutorials or help information. Some examples are listed below.

• Basic PowerPoint Tasks
  
  
  A tutorial about the basics from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

• PowerPoint in the Classroom
  
  
  Although geared to K-12 teachers, any user can learn the basics of PowerPoint with this fun, unique tutorial.

• An@tomy.tv
  
  
  The world’s most detailed 3D model of human anatomy available online created by Primal Pictures. Includes features such as interactive zoom, rotation, angle, interactive layers, extensive text, MRI, clinical slides and xrays, live action movies, animations, radiology slides, dissection videos and slides, surface anatomy videos and slides. Focuses on muscles, ligaments, nerves, veins, arteries, bones.

• Digital Demystified
  
  
  Handout from the University of California that walks users through a three-step process to acquire and use digital images.

• images.MD
  
  
  images.MD compiles over 48,000 high-quality images spanning all of internal medicine, all derived from Current Medicine’s series of illustrated atlases. Each image is accompanied by detailed and informative text. After registering for a free account, images can be put into "My Slides" and e-mailed to the user as a PowerPoint presentation.

• images.MD Help Guide

• Campus Resources

• ADCS Coffman Computer Lab
  
  
  The computer lab in Coffman is one campus resource for printing posters.

• BIPL
  
  
  The Biomedical Image Processing Lab is one campus resource for printing posters.

• Borchert Map Library
  
  
  Information on large format printing from the Borchert Map Library.

• CBS Imaging Center
  
  
  The College of Biological Sciences Imaging Center is one campus resource for printing posters.

• Printing Services
  
  
  Printing Services is one campus resource for printing posters.

• Templates

• PosterSession.com Templates
  
  
  Free templates from Postersession.com--in a variety of sizes and page orientations.

• Poster Templates and Guides
  
  
  A sampling of guides, along with two templates, from Harvard University’s Countway Medical Library.

• Poster Templates
  
  
  Several poster templates from Stanford University.

• Templates on the Web
  
  
  There are many examples of free PowerPoint poster templates available for downloading from the Internet. You might try Googling "free powerpoint poster templates" to find some examples.

• Tutorials

• Creating a Poster Using MS PowerPoint

• Creating an Effective Scientific Poster Presentation
  
  
  A tutorial from the College of Biological Sciences at the U of M, created for the Undergraduate Research Symposium. The site includes photo galleries of effective posters.

• PowerPoint--Creating Posters
  
  
  Guide about creating PowerPoint posters, from the Imaging Center on the U of M’s St. Paul campus.

• PDA/Handheld Software
  
  
  The following software products allow you to edit and create PowerPoint presentations on your PDA/Handheld. These links are provided for information only, the products are neither reviewed or endorsed by the Bio-Medical Library

• DataViz: SlideShow to Go

• Pocket SlideShow

• Quickoffice

• Westtek (PocketPC)

• PDA/Handheld Projection Hardware
  
  
  The following sites provide product information for the projection of PowerPoint presentations from your PDA/Handheld. These links are provided for information only the products are neither reviewed or endorsed by the Bio-Medical Library

• colorgraphic

• Fly Presenter CF (Pocket PC)

• I-O Data

• Pretec

• Free Templates
  
  
  You can find many free PowerPoint templates on the Web. Try a Google search or go to the Microsoft page. Or, use this link to find some fun and interesting templates.

• Microsoft PowerPoint Template Gallery
  
  
  Templates from the official Microsoft site.

• Blackout screen during presentation
  
  
  If you want to black out your screen while you are presenting, press [Shift] and the B key at the same time. Your screen will black out. To end the black screen and resume your slideshow, press [Shift] and the [B] key again.